Chapter 02

Instructions

Choose your answers from a-c by clicking the radio button next to each choice and then press 'Submit' to get your score.

Question 1

What role did Marshall Pétain play in France in the Second World War?

a) Led the collaborationist Vichy regime

b) Led the resistance

c) Was the key political consultant to Churchill on French strategy

Question 2

General Charles de Gaulle demanded the end of the French Fourth Republic.

a) True

b) False

Question 3

What does the term "cohabitation" refer to?

a) The existence of multiple parties in a coalition government

b) An electoral victory by an already incumbent candidate

c) The existence of a Prime Minister and President from opposing political parties

Question 4

The French economy has traditionally been characterized by relatively high levels of government intervention.

a) True

b) False

Question 5

Which is the biggest political party on the left of the French party system?

a) Socialist Party

b) Communist Party

c) Left Party

Question 6

The Communist Party were part of the French Government between 1997 and 2002.

a) True

b) False

Question 7

The far-right National Front candidate beat the incumbent Prime Minister in the 2002 Presidential election.

a) True

b) False

Question 8

What factor played a role in the French no-vote on the Constitutional Treaty in 2005?

a) Turkey's possible future membership of the EU

b) Demands for France to leave the EU

c) The fear of American immigration into France

Question 9

In what year was the Fifth Republic created?

a) 1955

b) 1958

c) 1961

Question 10

Why has France traditionally supported the Common Agricultural Policy?

a) It helps French farmers

b) France wants a return to a pan-European agricultural economy

c) To redistribute wealth to poorer and more agricultural East European countries

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Chapter 02

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